Kural - 21

Kural 21
Holy Kural #21
The settled rule of every code requires, as highest good,
Their greatness who, renouncing all, true to their rule have stood

Explanation
The end and aim of all treatise is to extol beyond all other excellence, the greatness of those who, while abiding in the rule of conduct peculiar to their state, have abandoned all desire.

Tamil Transliteration
Ozhukkaththu Neeththaar Perumai Vizhuppaththu
Ventum Panuval Thunivu.

SectionVirtue
Chapter GroupPrologue
chapterThe Greatness of Ascetics